, 1887-02-10
The Way 70 Win.

Successful men have probably re-
allied the truth of this, without CT
cepticn. Viewed at q distance. they
seem 10 the world L. he wonderful
beings, specially gifted by Provi
dence, whose touch has magic power.
To themselves they are merely i'm
perfect machines, capable q great
results only hy intense application
and tircicss energy. So nearly I'M
yersal Is this rule that It has been
cmholiel in mazims and crys-
t2l.izcd in the iituy sayings Of great
men IL infinite variety. Oae says
Am at the stars:you nay not bit tLem
but you VIII hit higher than If ycu
aimed low" Another philosopher
says The world generally takes a
man at his own estimate" Applied
to matrimony we lave, Faint heart
never Won fair lady" and, in another
place. No excellence without great
labor" : presiding elder describes
one Of his pastors as q man vino gets
hold with the kind Of grip that
brings success" Napoleon /, great
.conquCror that he was, won his way
from a IoEEly station by sheer VIII
power. When confronted in his
memorable campaign against Mos
COW by the snowy Alps, supposed by
all to be absolutely impossible bar
rier5 il winter, he cLeercd his dis
heartened subordinates and infused
into them his own enthusiasm by
declaring, There shall be no Alps. .
The biblical faith that can remove
mountains" was possessed by this
man in an unusual degree. He
emerged in victory, and triumph
antly occupied the city Of the Rus
slams. When The old Duke OF Well
ington, England's iron Duke,'
entered the battle Of Waterloo re-
solved in his stern way to do CT die,
he hurled his mighty hosts against
the foe with d force made irresistible
by determination. In the war OF the
revolution it was not brave Old Isreal
Putnam nor Mad Anthony" Wayne
who ever hesitated to charge, eysn
against the most hopeless odds. In
fact the latter, more forcible than
elegant offered to storm hell if Wash
ington would ian the campaign. In
our greatrebellion there was Thomas
who planted his command in the
breach and stood ike rock through
out u day probably as hotly con
tested as any in history. Heoccupied
strategic point and held it against
fearful odds, repulsing again
and again the avalanche Of hu-
manity hurled against him by
the rebel commander. Strange that
so many men could be held in posi-
ton through twelve long hours by
the will power Of one, in spite of shot
and shell, death, hunger, thirst, ia
tigue, fear or exhaustation. When
Grant was anxiously inquired about,
after having spent weary days and
and weeks in the wilderness. and re-
sponded that he proposed to fight it
out on that line if it took all summer,
he but re echoed the fact that he
possessed the determination that con-
quers. Lincoln paid high tribute to
the heroic will power of the tanner
from Galena when, in answer to
tattlers who carried to him stories
about Grants drinking, he said he
would like to know the brand of the
whisky so he could send some of it to
each of the other generals. When
Sherman swept down like an ava
lanche TO the sea, he exemplified the
results within reach OF dashing,
dauntless courage. Instances in
Vulnerable could be cited in every
walk CT life. The man who attains
eminence, who leaves his impress
upon the world, is the one who al
ways rises superior to adversity-who
is always "a match for fate" The
glory IS not in never being thrown,
but in never staying down. The
world admires the brave man who
grapples fate and wrests laurols from
it by force. No matter what obata-
cles may be thrown in his way, he is
sure in the end to receive the plaud-
its he deserves. The plucky COM
munity that makes the most of its
opportunities, and unites in an ag-
gressive move to secure valuable
prizes within its reach, is the one
that Is always crowned In the end
with liberal success. 1t takes think
ing and planning and intelligent eff
fort to promote the growth of a
town as well as to build up an inai-
viduafs business. No town will
grow of its own accord, simply be-
cause there are always other points
hat Will by diligent effort secure the
;rowth that might haze been had by
the town that simply drifts. ''Pll
try may succeed; I can't never